Quotes from the article... Ordinary Pakistanis have not seen many improvements since he took office. Apart from the annual budget, not a single law was passed in his first year, a legislative watchdog said. Draft legislation to tackle corruption and electoral reform – central demands of the protesters – has languished. Fourteen months after Sharifs election, key posts remain unfilled, and government regulators lack heads. There is still no foreign minister. Defence and the water and power ministries share a single minister, as do the information and law ministries. Sharifs brother is chief minister of Punjab. The son of his old friend, the finance minister, is married to Sharifs daughter. His nephews and wifes relations are also powerful political figures. Its only one family holding all the power in Pakistan...They think it is only their country and they want to stop the poor people from standing up.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:34:42 +0000
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